Nursery

The teaching staff in Nursery are:

Mrs Rachel Dudman (Head of Early Years)

 Mrs Fay Davies and Mrs Laura Gorman

Please follow the link- 'Who's Who?' - below if you would like to see pictures and the rest of our staff

Intent:

At Great Malvern Primary School we look to give our children a secure and confident introduction to their life and love of learning. We want to ensure that all pupils leave the Foundation Stage with both the skills and the aspirations necessary to develop as independent and excited learners, ready to pursue their own goals. 

We provide exciting environments, both inside and outside, to engage them in their learning, and encourage them in the EYFS 'Characteristics of Effective Learning'  

• playing and exploring
• active learning
• creating and thinking critically

All of which support our school values of:

• Be curious
• Be determined
• Be ambitious

Implementation:

At Great Malvern Primary School we implement:

• A carefully planned curriculum that develops understanding as they move through Foundation Stage, including real life experiences and the linking of prior learning.
• Quality interactions with all staff in all areas of the curriculum to encourage deeper learning and develop language to describe what we are doing.
• Environments and continuous provision that allows the children to develop ideas, practice skills and learn through play.
• Engagement with, and welcoming of families into our setting to share in their child's discovery of learning, and build partnerships that empower parents to support their children's learning.
• A phonics program that begins in Nursery, and is rigorously taught and tracked as they move through Reception to develop all into strong confident readers.
• Nurturing a love of reading through quality texts that underpin our curriculum, and regular opportunities for families to come and share that love of reading with us.
• Planned opportunities to engage with learning outside, both in our outdoor classroom, Forest School area as well as our playground and adventure play area.

Impact:

As a Great Malvern child , the impact of what we offer is shown in the way our children are happy, feel safe, and ready to come into school, with the understanding that their families work with us, and can share in their journey of learning.

They are engaged and interested in the opportunities we are offering them, and are motivated and excited to become lifelong learners, with the skills and aspirations they need to pursue their goals. 

They know there is a wide range of goals they can work towards, and are starting their path of understanding how they can achieve those goals.

They make good progress from their starting points, and each unique child is offered a broad curriculum that meets their needs.

Nursery's Focus Author is Nick Sharratt

Welcome to the second half of the Summer term! Can you believe we have had a whole year in Nursery, and lots of our amazing superstars will be headed to Reception soon! Being up in the main building the children are already familiar with all the staff in Early Years, and have had the chance to get to know them well, during playtimes, Forest School times, and shared activities. We will continue to do this during the summer term, and will swap adults for story times, as well as giving the children the chance to visit the Reception classes.

The Parents’ Information Meeting for children starting Reception in September is on Tuesday 1^st July at 6pm, during which time you will find out lots of helpful information about what will happen in September, and the things they will need. You will also be told who your child’s class teacher will be during this meeting.

Other dates this half term are:

Tuesday 10^th June – Sports Day 9.30 – Duke’s Meadow Field

Friday 13th June is a teacher training day so Nursery will be closed that day.

Wednesday 18th June we will have a Stay and Read session where I will chat about reading diaries, and some of the things you can expect to see with reading as the children progress into Reception.

Tuesday 15^th July – Family Activities and paddling pools – come and see us from 10 – 11.30. We will have ice creams and activities to do, to celebrate our Nursery year. The children (and you if you wish!) can come dressed as superheroes.

We are enjoying our final half term of PE in the hall in school with Joel, our sports coach. We may also go outside if the weather allows so please make sure that the children come in on a Monday with sensible shoes and comfortable clothes that they can do sports activities in.

Please could we also ask that children come into Nursery in sensible shoes or trainers, and not crocs or open toe sandals so that they can safely access all off the things we do both inside and outside in Nursery.

This half term our topic is:

Superheroes

and our key question is: “I wonder who will help us?”

 We will be exploring what it means to be a superhero, talking about our superhero skills, and thinking about who the superheroes are in our lives who could help us. We are looking forward to visits from our local police, fire service and a paramedic.

We are supporting our learning with a wonderful array of stories:

This half term we are also beginning to learn letter sounds in a slightly more formal manner, so if your child is talking about “Maisie, mountain, mountain” come and chat to us and we will show you what it all means!

Welcome to our fantastic school Nursery!

Our school Nursery is an exciting, stimulating place for your child to develop an early thirst for knowledge and information.

We pride ourselves on creating a welcoming and encouraging environment where all of our children can flourish and thrive.

Our indoor space has been carefully arranged into different learning zones, where our children can further their existing skills and develop new ones.

We have our main carpet space where we listen to stories, talk about each day and do lots of thinking. This is also where we share our toast and milk and fruit during our day.

We have our focus tables where we do lots of activities in small groups and with adults.

Outside, we have a playground that we share with the Reception classes, sometimes we go out and play together, and other times we enjoy riding our bikes and scooters, playing with footballs and learning new skills outside. 

We also have our outside covered learning space where we can build, explore and develop our learning with our friends.

We have a small Forest School area just next to our playground, and we love to get muddy, learn about the world around us, and co-operate with our classmates to create games in nature. 

Our Nursery is situated in the main school as part of Early Years so sits alongside the Reception classrooms. Our Nursery children share outside space with the Reception children and will sometimes work alongside them during these times which makes transition into school really smooth.

The children have access to the whole school facilities including the hall which we use for indoor PE activities.

In Nursery, we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. This covers 7 main areas:

• Personal Social and Emotional Development.
• Physical Development
• Communication and Language
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

We cover these areas as practically as possible and with as much fun as we can!

We have a maximum number of 26 children at any one time.